---
id: CVE-2026-45973
title: 'RDMA/mlx5: Fix UMR hang in LAG error state unload'
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  RDMA/mlx5: Fix UMR hang in LAG error state unload

  During firmware reset in LAG mode, a race condition causes the driver
  to hang indefinitely while waiting for UMR comp…
severity: none
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= 921fcf2971a1e8d3b904ba2c2905b96f4ec3d4ad <
    33deba9bf5c34335182342588315f3db7dbc56d3
  - >-
    Linux >= 6b0acf6a94c31efa43fce4edc22413a3390f9c05 <
    c8fb5c965ac7d0104872a8e4f6451f3bc6328199
  - >-
    Linux >= ede132a5cf559f3ab35a4c28bac4f4a6c20334d8 <
    6d838873da9cb97551d42316967cc82bf8f8031b
  - >-
    Linux >= ede132a5cf559f3ab35a4c28bac4f4a6c20334d8 <
    613f5d4139b6ba801ccd93f9a28943be60d903bc
  - >-
    Linux >= ede132a5cf559f3ab35a4c28bac4f4a6c20334d8 <
    ebc2164a4cd4314503f1a0c8e7aaf76d7e5fa211
  - Linux 542bd62b7a7f37182c9ef192c2bd25d118c144e4
  - Linux >= 6.6.64 < 6.6.160
  - Linux >= 6.12.2 < 6.12.75
  - Linux >= 6.11.11 < 6.12
  - Linux 6.13
published: '2026-05-27'
updated: '2026-10-21'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-21T12:41:08.534Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-45973'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33deba9bf5c34335182342588315f3db7dbc56d3'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8fb5c965ac7d0104872a8e4f6451f3bc6328199'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d838873da9cb97551d42316967cc82bf8f8031b'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/613f5d4139b6ba801ccd93f9a28943be60d903bc'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebc2164a4cd4314503f1a0c8e7aaf76d7e5fa211'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00162
epssPercentile: 0.04979
ingestedAt: '2026-10-21T12:48:53.632Z'
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

RDMA/mlx5: Fix UMR hang in LAG error state unload

During firmware reset in LAG mode, a race condition causes the driver
to hang indefinitely while waiting for UMR completion during device
unload. See [1].

In LAG mode the bond device is only registered on the master, so it
never sees sys_error events from the slave.
During firmware reset this causes UMR waits to hang forever on unload
as the slave is dead but the master hasn't entered error state yet, so
UMR posts succeed but completions never arrive.

Fix this by adding a sys_error notifier that gets registered before
MLX5_IB_STAGE_IB_REG and stays alive until after ib_unregister_device().
This ensures error events reach the bond device throughout teardown.

[1]
Call Trace:
 __schedule+0x2bd/0x760
 schedule+0x37/0xa0
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xa/0x10
 __mutex_lock.isra.6+0x2b5/0x4a0
 __mlx5_ib_dereg_mr+0x606/0x870 [mlx5_ib]
 ? __xa_erase+0x4a/0xa0
 ? _cond_resched+0x15/0x30
 ? wait_for_completion+0x31/0x100
 ib_dereg_mr_user+0x48/0xc0 [ib_core]
 ? rdmacg_uncharge_hierarchy+0xa0/0x100
 destroy_hw_idr_uobject+0x20/0x50 [ib_uverbs]
 uverbs_destroy_uobject+0x37/0x150 [ib_uverbs]
 __uverbs_cleanup_ufile+0xda/0x140 [ib_uverbs]
 uverbs_destroy_ufile_hw+0x3a/0xf0 [ib_uverbs]
 ib_uverbs_remove_one+0xc3/0x140 [ib_uverbs]
 remove_client_context+0x8b/0xd0 [ib_core]
 disable_device+0x8c/0x130 [ib_core]
 __ib_unregister_device+0x10d/0x180 [ib_core]
 ib_unregister_device+0x21/0x30 [ib_core]
 __mlx5_ib_remove+0x1e4/0x1f0 [mlx5_ib]
 auxiliary_bus_remove+0x1e/0x30
 device_release_driver_internal+0x103/0x1f0
 bus_remove_device+0xf7/0x170
 device_del+0x181/0x410
 mlx5_rescan_drivers_locked.part.10+0xa9/0x1d0 [mlx5_core]
 mlx5_disable_lag+0x253/0x260 [mlx5_core]
 mlx5_lag_disable_change+0x89/0xc0 [mlx5_core]
 mlx5_eswitch_disable+0x67/0xa0 [mlx5_core]
 mlx5_unload+0x15/0xd0 [mlx5_core]
 mlx5_unload_one+0x71/0xc0 [mlx5_core]
 mlx5_sync_reset_reload_work+0x83/0x100 [mlx5_core]
 process_one_work+0x1a7/0x360
 worker_thread+0x30/0x390
 ? create_worker+0x1a0/0x1a0
 kthread+0x116/0x130
 ? kthread_flush_work_fn+0x10/0x10
 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x40

## Affected

- `Linux >= 921fcf2971a1e8d3b904ba2c2905b96f4ec3d4ad < 33deba9bf5c34335182342588315f3db7dbc56d3`
- `Linux >= 6b0acf6a94c31efa43fce4edc22413a3390f9c05 < c8fb5c965ac7d0104872a8e4f6451f3bc6328199`
- `Linux >= ede132a5cf559f3ab35a4c28bac4f4a6c20334d8 < 6d838873da9cb97551d42316967cc82bf8f8031b`
- `Linux >= ede132a5cf559f3ab35a4c28bac4f4a6c20334d8 < 613f5d4139b6ba801ccd93f9a28943be60d903bc`
- `Linux >= ede132a5cf559f3ab35a4c28bac4f4a6c20334d8 < ebc2164a4cd4314503f1a0c8e7aaf76d7e5fa211`
- `Linux 542bd62b7a7f37182c9ef192c2bd25d118c144e4`
- `Linux >= 6.6.64 < 6.6.160`
- `Linux >= 6.12.2 < 6.12.75`
- `Linux >= 6.11.11 < 6.12`
- `Linux 6.13`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.